Since the "photonic fence" was developed by known patent troll Intellectual Ventures in 2009 and does not seem to have been ever deployed outside of their labs,

Since the "photonic fence" was developed by known patent troll Intellectual Ventures in 2009 and does not seem to have been ever deployed outside of their labs, the cynic in me thinks that it was only created to boost their PR efforts (there were dozens of articles at the time about how the laser system would eliminate malaria) and possibly increase their patent portfolio. https://www.google.com/patents/US20100186284 https://www.google.com/patents/US20100186284 http://www.malariaworld.org/blog/will-laser-technology-rid-africa-malaria http://www.malariaworld.org/blog/will-laser-technology-rid-a... https://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20120903/07334520256/forget-death-star-anti-mosquito-lasers-heres-how-nathan-myhrvold-can-help-tackle-malaria-improve-his-image.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20120903/0...